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Yiming Liu (刘一鸣)

3×3 · top 15.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018LIUY14

Yiming Liu (刘一鸣) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.48, set at Tianjin Open 2024, puts him in the top 15.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,110th in China. Across 7 competitions since April 2018, he has put 77 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.36 in April 2018 to 12.48, a 39% improvement. Yiming has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.6% of 284,439 all-time
12.48
signature single · Tianjin Open 2024
77
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.4813.92
top 15.6%6,110 / 28,153
2×23.144.89
top 15.9%2,538 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.5810.55
top 41.2%4,431 / 10,224

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Beijing Open 2018: 20.36Tangshan Open 2018: 19.73Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 19.95Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 16.54Tianjin Autumn 2019: 17.27Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 13.02Tianjin Open 2024: 12.4812.4820.3630 Apr 20181 Jun 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.